Dio

[ranseur]

Any fans of Ronnie James Dio here? To me he is really the greatest metal singer. I see him as transcending the genre, and I don't even just mean metal, I mean rock and roll too. The amount of passion that can be heard in his voice has been really inspirational to me, even outside of music. I was fortunate enough to see him perform twice, once solo and once with heaven and hell, and it was absolutely killer. Any favorite songs?

[dmr]

Dio is great. I wouldn't say he's one of my favorite artists, though. My favorite songs of his are probably "Rainbow in the Dark" and "Lady of the Lake."

[surlaneige]

Love Dio!


Caught in the Middle has one of my all-time favourite riffs:






And this 'cribs':

[ranseur]

Feb 12, 2017 9:48:23 GMT -5 surlaneige said:

Love Dio!


Caught in the Middle has one of my all-time favourite riffs:






And this 'cribs':

Love caught in the middle, and thanks for posting that video. I wasn't aware of that. I was laughing my ass off when he said he does most of his work in the dungeon, that was truly ridiculous.

[nayrb]

Dio rules. I got to see him with Motorhead and Iron Maiden back in high school and it was amazing. It's an even more special memory now that Dio and Lemmy are gone.

[ranseur]

Feb 12, 2017 20:35:05 GMT -5 nayrb said:

Dio rules. I got to see him with Motorhead and Iron Maiden back in high school and it was amazing. It's an even more special memory now that Dio and Lemmy are gone.

Oh hell yeah, I saw that tour as well.

[chaucerianmyth]

Dio is absolutely one of my favorite vocalists ever. I love everything he's done, but I have to say his work in Rainbow is my favorite by far. Songs like "The Temple of the King," "Rainbow Eyes," and "Catch the Rainbow" are all absolutely transcendent for me. Of course a lot of credit must go to Ritchie Blackmore for those great releases, but they would not have nearly the impact if not for Dio's amazing vocals.

[ranseur]

Feb 16, 2017 11:54:46 GMT -5 chaucerianmyth said:

Dio is absolutely one of my favorite vocalists ever. I love everything he's done, but I have to say his work in Rainbow is my favorite by far. Songs like "The Temple of the King," "Rainbow Eyes," and "Catch the Rainbow" are all absolutely transcendent for me. Of course a lot of credit must go to Ritchie Blackmore for those great releases, but they would not have nearly the impact if not for Dio's amazing vocals.

The rainbow stuff is killer. For me Holy Diver and Heaven and Hell are my favorites, partly because I have the most nostalgia with those, but the rainbow albums are definitely up there. Man on the Silver Mountain is one of my favorites, plus Run With the Wolf.

[jondexter]

Dio is the best! Some of my most played vinyl- Holy Diver, The Last in Line, Sacred Heart and Dream Evil.

[chaucerianmyth]

Man, Last in Line and Dream Evil are so killer! This is definitely making me want to go back and listen to those solo albums again! I remember Killing the Dragon being much better than I thought it would be.

[Ananoriel]

This brings back memories. My father often listened to Dio when I was little. So when I hear Rainbow I get warped back into my childhood again.

[lusitano]

Dio is great! I love him. I love his "solo" stuff too, Magica was always one of my big favorites.

[ranseur]

Feb 22, 2017 14:44:11 GMT -5 chaucerianmyth said:

Man, Last in Line and Dream Evil are so killer! This is definitely making me want to go back and listen to those solo albums again! I remember Killing the Dragon being much better than I thought it would be.

Killing the Dragon is pretty damn good, saw him when he toured that album. Never really listened to magica though.

[chaucerianmyth]

Right now I'm on a huge Sacred Heart kick. That album is nearly flawless, to be honest.

[ranseur]

May 6, 2017 18:03:19 GMT -5 chaucerianmyth said:

Right now I'm on a huge Sacred Heart kick. That album is nearly flawless, to be honest.

His post last in line stuff is kind of underrated in general. Some great tracks in there.